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A fascinating site

This building is located across from the Queen Isabella Memorial and was built in the seventeenth century using brick. It is two stories high, highlighting the balconies of the second floor and the arcades on the ground floor. Now the ground floor is occupied by a restaurant which has placed its terrace under the arcades.

However, the building's importance comes not from its architecture but from its history: in it was found the "actual weight" or "official weight", which guaranteed that the measurements and weights were correct, which is important for traders and merchants of the fairs

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